The state of Rio Grande do Sul will receive a new aircraft factory: a large industrial complex built by the Brazilian company Aeromot, with plans to produce 50 aircraft per year by 2032. Named AeroCITI (Integrated Aerocenter of Technology and Innovation), the site will also house a museum, hangars, a research center, and even the manufacturing of the world’s first ethanol-powered passenger aircraft.
The first aircraft to be manufactured will be the Diamond DA62, a twin-engine aircraft nicknamed the “SUV of the skies” for the luxury offered in a compact model capable of carrying up to seven passengers. The model is developed by Diamond Aircraft, an Austrian-Canadian company currently under the control of the Chinese group Wanfeng Auto Holding Group.
Aeromot, the exclusive representative of Diamond Aircraft in Brazil since 2016, has already imported more than 100 Diamond DA62 aircraft, which it now intends to produce domestically. With this new step, the timeframe for acquiring a DA62 could drop from a current average of 27 months to around nine months once the factory is operational.